Originally posted by Kolohe:Originally posted by Strwy2Hevn:Originally posted by Kolohe:Originally posted by Strwy2Hevn:Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:At least we dodged the Hard Knocks bullet. It's gonna be Detroit. Let's hope they aren't a real slapd**k team this year.
We didn't qualify this year. It was between Lions, Panthers and Jets.
Why didn't the 9ers qualify??
NFL placed qualifiers years ago. From Google.
Those stipulation are: Teams with a first-year head coach. Teams who have made the playoffs in at least one of the past two years. Teams who have been on "Hard Knocks" in the past 10 years.
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That leaves just three teams eligible to be forced into the docuseries:
Detroit Lions.
New York Jets.
Carolina Panthers.
Oh I only thought it was teams with first year head coaches. I didn't know about teams who have made the playoffs. I wonder why that matters?? The 49ers try to avoid this anyway they can and treat it like a punishment it seems. Sucks cause I would love to see them on Hard knocks.
Teams after first few seasons complained it's a distraction and fought to get out of it. These are the reasons NFL agreed with.